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SPECTINOMYCIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spectinomycin mean?
• SPECTINOMYCIN (noun)
The noun SPECTINOMYCIN has 1 sense:
1. an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea
Familiarity information: SPECTINOMYCIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("spectinomycin" is a kind of...):
antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)
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